Despite this clear science, LoweâEUR(TM)s is selling products containing neonics and plants pre-treated with these bee-killing pesticides. Help us reach two million signatures telling Lowe's to stop selling bee-killing pesticides!

Two years is not nearly enough for this ban as this pesticide is active for up to 18 years in the soil. Farmers sowed their rape crops dressed with neonicotinoids last autumn and so these will grow this year, affecting the pollinating insects as normal

A new regulation passed in Ontario, Canada, restricts the use of toxic neonicotinoid pesticides, which have been linked to declining honeybee populations around the world. Ontario plans to decrease its neonicotinoid use by 80 percent by 2017.

The inter-agency Pollinator Health Task Force, announced over the summer by President Obama, is accepting public comments until November 24.
Join us in calling for swift, meaningful action to protect bees -- particularly from the clear threat of pesticide

The federal government's response to this crisis has been totally inadequate but that could soon change. Now, for the first time, the Pollinator Health Task Force is accepting public comments on what it should do to protect bees and other pollinators.